Henrique,

Try this

function strings varnames(list in)

    #Returns an array of strings containing the names of each variable in a list

    catch strings ret = strsplit(strsub(varname(in),","," "))

    if $error != 0

        strings ret

        string errormesage = errmsg($error)

        print errormesage

    endif

    return ret

end function

This function returns the names of the variables as an array of strings.

Logan

From: gretl-users-bounces@lists.wfu.edu [mailto:gretl-users-bounces@lists.wfu.edu] On Behalf Of Henrique Andrade
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 7:47 AM
To: Gretl Discussion List (users)
Subject: [Gretl-users] How to retrieve a list's element name

Dear Gretl Community,

I need to retrieve a name of a specific element from a list and use it as a string. I tried the following commands:

<hansl code>

open australia.gdt

list L = PAU PUS E

string S = varname(varnum(L[2]))

</hansl code>

Best,

Henrique Andrade